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Trabisco v. City of New York

Court of Appeals of the State of New York
May 17, 1939
21 N.E.2d 615 (N.Y. 1939)
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In Trabisco v. City of New York (280 N.Y. 776), the plaintiffs were passengers in an automobile which collided with a pole owned and maintained by the defendant Staten Island Edison Company. The accident happened on a sharp left turn where the asphalt portion was 18 feet in width with six inches of Belgian blocks on each side, beyond which was a dirt shoulder a few inches below the level of the pavement and the pole in question was about two feet from the edge of the pavement.

Summary of this case from Proctor v. Town of Colonie
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Opinion

Argued April 17, 1939

Decided May 17, 1939

Appeal from the Supreme Court, Appellate Division, Second Department.

Bertram G. Eadie, Arthur E. Gale and Thomas Nunley for appellants.

William C. Chanler, Corporation Counsel ( George J. Conway and Paxton Blair of counsel), for City of New York, respondent.

William E. Lyons for Staten Island Edison Company, respondent.

Judgments reversed and new trials granted, with costs to abide the event. We think the issues of negligence and proximate cause were for the jury. No opinion.

Concur: CRANE, Ch. J., LEHMAN, HUBBS, LOUGHRAN, FINCH and RIPPEY, JJ. Taking no part: O'BRIEN, J.

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Trabisco v. City of New York

Court of Appeals of the State of New York
May 17, 1939
21 N.E.2d 615 (N.Y. 1939)

In Trabisco v. City of New York (280 N.Y. 776), the plaintiffs were passengers in an automobile which collided with a pole owned and maintained by the defendant Staten Island Edison Company. The accident happened on a sharp left turn where the asphalt portion was 18 feet in width with six inches of Belgian blocks on each side, beyond which was a dirt shoulder a few inches below the level of the pavement and the pole in question was about two feet from the edge of the pavement.

Summary of this case from Proctor v. Town of Colonie
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Trabisco v. City of New York

Case Details

Full title:JOHN TRABISCO et al., Appellants, v. CITY OF NEW YORK et al., Respondents

Court:Court of Appeals of the State of New York

Date published: May 17, 1939

Citations

21 N.E.2d 615 (N.Y. 1939)
21 N.E.2d 615

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